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Tuesday, 30 August 2005
Creative wins US patent for MP3 player interface
Channel News Asia - Singapore

SINGAPORE : Creative Technology has been awarded the "Zen" patent in the US, giving it a much-needed boost in the battle for supremacy in the MP3 player market.

The patent is for Creative's invention of the user interface for portable media players.

It is found in Creative's MP3 players and could also be found in some competing players, such as the Apple iPod and iPod mini.

Creative said the patent covers the way music tracks are selected on a device using a hierarchy of three or more successive screens.

"The first portable media player based upon the user interface covered in our Zen Patent was our NOMAD Jukebox MP3 player," said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and CEO of Creative, in a statement.

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